Let’s Beat Bowel Cancer

Dr Rebekah Engel, Dr Christine Koulis, Dr Simon Wilkins and Professor Paul McMurrick participating in the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2019.

Spirits were high across the day with players enjoying a number of on-course competitions together with exceptional on-course hospitality. Mark Allen, former golf pro and radio broadcaster and patient Tony James each shared their personal and moving bowel cancer stories. Dr Rebekah Engel gave our guests an update on the organoid project explaining the difference the golf day fundraising can and has made to the progress of this key research program. Team Energy Ease took out top honours as the overall winning team with 15-year supporter Jon Broome and his Proclaim team a very close runner-up. We would like to extend sincere thanks to all of our brilliant sponsors, in particular those who celebrated their 15th anniversary with us: David Deague, Deague Group; Geoff Stansen, Crestone; Ross Savas, Kay & Burton; Jon Broome, Proclaim; Russell Hutchinson, Logical Staffing; and Andrew Facey, Parklea. We are humbled that LBBC continues to be the beneficiary of this exceptionally generous group of supporters and their guests who all helped us to raise an outstanding $95,000 for Let’s Beat Bowel Cancer.

ASGA Golf Day

The Australian Sporting Goods Association held a members golf day as a team building day and also to raise money for Let’s Beat Bowel Cancer. The day was held at Victoria Golf Club in Cheltenham, where they enjoyed a beautiful sunny afternoon of golf and managed to raise $1300 towards Bowel Cancer Research. Each player was provided with a bowel screening kit from Clinical Genomics and the response from each player was excellent. Participants included members from Acushnet, Sportspower, Russell Athletics, Callaway Golf and Nike Australia. We hope the initial success of this will lead to future partnership of events in the future.

Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and the LBBC Ride for Research 2020

The Let’s Beat Bowel Cancer Ride for Research team (20 members) assembled in Geelong early on Saturday 1 February 2020. The wind and rain forecast for that morning meant that the longest of the three rides, 115 km, was cancelled with the riders directed to do the 65 km course or the 35 km course. One team member, James Page, kept pace with the lead pack (including 2011 Tour de France winner Cadel Evans) on the 65 km course and finished in a very quick 1h and 32 mins. The team, consisting of surgeons, researchers and staff, has raised just under $15,000 for bowel cancer research.

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